Improving Relationships: Mechanisms of Change in Couple Therapy

Autor/inn/en	Doss, Brian D.; Thum, Yeow Meng; Sevier, Mia; Atkins, David C.; Christensen, Andrew
Titel	Improving Relationships: Mechanisms of Change in Couple Therapy
Quelle	In: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73 (2005) 4, S.624-633 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-006X
Schlagwörter	Therapy; Marriage Counseling; Spouses; Behavior Modification; Multivariate Analysis; Emotional Response; Interpersonal Communication + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Therapie; Eheberatung; Ehepartner; Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung; Multivariate Analyse; Emotionales Verhalten; Interpersonale Kommunikation
Abstract	In a sample of 134 married couples randomly assigned to traditional or integrative behavioral couple therapy (TBCT vs. IBCT), a multivariate hierarchical growth curve analysis using latent variable regression revealed that measures of communication, behavior frequency, and emotional acceptance acted as mechanisms of change. TBCT led to greater changes in frequency of targeted behavior early in therapy, whereas IBCT led to greater changes in acceptance of targeted behavior both early and late in therapy. In addition, change in behavioral frequency was strongly related to improvements in satisfaction early in therapy; however, in the 2nd half of therapy, emotional acceptance was more strongly related to changes in satisfaction. Research and clinical implications are discussed. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10